CVE-2004-2704

Hastymail 1.0.1 and earlier (stable) and 1.1 and earlier (development) does not send the "attachment" parameter in the Content-Disposition field for attachments, which causes the attachment to be rendered inline by Internet Explorer when the victim clicks the download link, which facilitates cross-site scripting (XSS) and possibly other attacks.

Published: 2004-12-31 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2004-2704 is rated Moderate Risk (51.2/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 25.47%, 96th percentile). Core evidence: EPSS ranks this CVE among the most likely to be exploited in the near term. Mandatory action: High exploitation likelihood—assess exposure and prioritize remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2004-2704

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-05-25 25.15% 25.47% +0.32%
2 2025-03-30 21.14% 25.15% +4.01%
3 2025-03-29 21.14%

Full EPSS history (21 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2004-2704

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.3 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
8.6 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2004-2704

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2004-2704

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
hastymail hastymail <= 1.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:hastymail:hastymail:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
hastymail hastymail <= 1.1 cpe:2.3:a:hastymail:hastymail:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft internet_explorer cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2004-2704

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